Thanks for continuing this maeve, we had a great apple day with plenty of singing, cider and apple-based food. Also picked the last of the apples.

The varieties I grow in my orchard are Ellison's Orange, Kidd's Orange Red, Tydeman's Late Orange, D'Arcy Spice, Bramley Seedling, Sunset, James Grieve and a Yorksire variety, Ribston Pippin. I also have a greengage, a damsom, a quince and two cobnuts. Don't know how many of these you grow in the US but they're old UK varieties that are not grown as much as they used to be.

This year we have had the most fantastic crop - so many I don't know what to do with thema ll.